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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- soup [suːp]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
汤
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1.
noun
[c/u]
汤
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- soup [suːp]
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1.
n
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, vegetables, etc, usually served hot at the beginning of a meal
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2.
n
[informal]
a photographic developer
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3.
n
[informal]
anything resembling soup in appearance or consistency, esp thick fog - See also peasouper
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4.
n
a slang name for nitroglycerine
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5.
n
[Etymology]
C17: from Old French soupe, from Late Latin suppa, of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German suppe, Old Norse soppa soup
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6.
n
a slight amount; dash
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7.
n
[Etymology]
C18: from French, ultimately from Latin suspicio
suspicion
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1.
n
a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, vegetables, etc, usually served hot at the beginning of a meal
Examples
- This soup is cold.
- 这汤是凉的。 → cold
- a soup lacking flavor
- 没味的汤 → flavor
- thick soup
- 浓汤 → thick
- thin soup
- 清汤 → thin
- The soup is too sweet.
- 汤太甜了。 → sweet
- Add more milk to make it thinner, the soup is better that way.
- 再往汤里加点儿牛奶，汤稀点儿会更好喝。
- They usually serve soup at the beginning of the meal.
- 他们吃饭的第一道菜通常是汤。 → soup
- The soup needs a little salt.
- 这汤里得加点儿盐。
- There's some chicken soup if you want.
- 你想要的话，还有点儿鸡汤。 → some
- She spilled the soup all down her front.
- 她把汤洒得前胸到处都是。 → front
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